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Old March 19, 2017   #21
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Originally Posted by Starlight View Post
Once a pepper plant wilts isn't it ruined? I thought I read that somewhere, never to let them wilt.
Absolute nonsense, and I'm sure that I've told you that at least once before. Peppers wilt naturally - it's their defense against heat. They even seem to like to wilt. A smart in-soil grower will use wilting (especially evening or morning) to know when the plant really would like a drink, and not water otherwise. A plant can have its leaved down around its knees, get a good drink, and an hour later look like nothing ever happened.

(After a while, you learn to read the plant so it doesn't have to wilt noticeably to know that its thirsty.)
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